rich:effect utilizes the set of effects provided by scriptaculous javascript library. It
allows to attach effects to JSF components and html tags. For the reference of the available
effects and their parameters see the scriptaculous documentation and wiki.

attached to the JSF components or html tags and triggered by a particular event. Wiring
effect with JSF components might occur on the server or the client. Wiring with html tag is
possible only on the client side

invoking from the javascript code by an effect name. During the rendering, rich:effect generates the javascript
function with a defined name. When the function is called, the effect is applied